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World Tafl Federation Championship 2026 - Sign Up from July 1!

The annual World Tafl Federation Championship is back!
This year's tournaments include Copenhagen Hnefatafl, Historical Hnefatafl, and Race Games.
Test your skills against players from around the world and fight for the championship titles!
Sign-up opens on July 1, 2026.
Deadline for registration: August 31, 2026.
Full tournament details here: Tournament Page 2026.
We look forward to seeing you in the tournament!

Play against humans.
Тавлеи против людей.
Rasmus Holbroe vikings

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2026-11-11 17:47 Draganov: I can confirm that Hattusili is legit. He is currently the leading player at the Fellhuhn mobile app and it is playing under the nickname Suppiluliuma. He started playing 5 years ago and he is from Iceland. He is a good man and we had a nice conversation about the game. He is strong and we agreed to play a match of 10 games after the end of the tournament.

2026-11-11 16:30 Hagbard: It's not a dublet

2026-11-11 15:38 Luizz: Does anyone know about Hattusili?
Seems like he just joined for the WC, yet he already beat Draganov in both games, with his only loss being one game against Alex so far. Almost seems like an alt account to me

2026-11-10 20:30 Dimetr: Thanks everyone for the tournament! It was difficult and interesting! Thanks to Potapych for the first round — those were great games!

I admit, that Casshern and Alex outplay me, especially in 13x13, where their advantage increases greatly. Beating me as White was not hard for them — especially since I played Black terribly. Still, I tried to play White in such a way that it would be interesting and not easy for them, I hope.

It was a great tournament!
See you at the games!

2026-11-06 22:24 Hagbard: Comment:
Alex Hnefatafl is first to win a game in Copenhagen Round 3.

2026-11-03 16:16 Hagbard: Comment:
Alex Hnefatafl made the first move in Copenhagen Round 3.

2026-11-03 15:51 Hagbard: May Odin give you knowledge on your path.

2026-11-02 20:21 Floki: Ok only if Casshern & Alex withdraw 😜

2026-11-02 17:57 Black Raven: Sounds good; I have no objections!

2026-11-02 09:57 Hagbard: *** Attention:
Tomorrow, Copenhagen Round 2 has been running for as long as Round 1, and 6 or 7 players advance to Round 3.
It is difficult, however, to predict when the final game will be completed.

A format for Round 3 is planned, with 4 opponents for each player, but it is difficult to adapt this format for 6 players while leaving room for a seventh.

Whereas a simple Round Robin with 6 players and possibly 7, is easy to organise.

Unless there are objections, Copenhagen Round 3 can start tomorrow at approximately 18:00 Danish time, with 6 players and room for a seventh.

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Alexander Steiger Dis' game set up in the Royal Hall in Lejre, Denmark. (Click on the image)

Train your brain like a viking. Science Days in Norway Sep. 27th 2020. (Click on the image!)

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World Championship Tournament 2025.

Здесь можно играть в тавлеи против людей. Можно использовать кириллицу.

Many thanks to Tim Millar ("crust"), Adam Bartley ("Adam"), John C. Ashton, Nicolas Cartier, Jonas Lööf ("conanlibrarian"), Olli Salmi, Damian Walker ("cyningstan"), Rasmus Holbroe, Thore Nissen, Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Corey Hart ("Brench"), Alexander Steiger Dis ("Steiger"), Dmitry Pashkov, Delray Curtis ("jrton80"), David Zolli ("branan"), Luk Martens ("Masterluke"), Marian Luck ("themightyglider"), Mikkel Berg-Nordlie ("mihkkal"), Alessandro Arzani ("Abbas Agraphicus") and all players who contributed to this site and to the photo gallery. And not least the more than 600 players from all over the world who have played 65,000 real human-vs-human tafl games here, creating a vast body of practical experience with this intriguing historical board game. (And lately, AI - namely ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini - has helped with some things.)